Bouvigny-Boyeffles

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

(2020–2026) Maurice Viseux^[1]Area9.07 km² (3.50 sq mi)Population2,371 • Density260/km² (680/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation68–192 m (223–630 ft)
(avg. 116 m or 381 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bouvigny-Boyeffles is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.^[3]

Geography

An ex-coalmining area, but now a farming village, situated just 8 miles (13 km) west of Lens at the junction of the D165 and D75 roads.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,927	—
1975	2,049	+0.88%
1982	2,216	+1.13%
1990	2,317	+0.56%
1999	2,439	+0.57%
2007	2,449	+0.05%
2012	2,447	−0.02%
2017	2,403	−0.36%
Source: INSEE[4]

Sights

• The church of St. Marin, dating from the fifteenth century.
• The modern church of St. Martin.
• The eighteenth-century chateau of Boyeffles.
• The radio and TV transmitter.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

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